Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ACN 005 357 522 [2010] FCA 230

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ACN 005 357 522 [2010] FCA 230 Citation: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ACN 005 357 522 [2010] FCA 230

Parties: AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION v AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED ACN 005 357 522

File number(s): QUD252 of 2007

Judges: GREENWOOD J

Date of judgment: 16 March 2010

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – consideration of the utility of interrogatories – consideration of best practice to be adopted in relation to giving leave to file and serve a notice requiring answers to interrogatories – consideration of the remarks of the Chief Justice of Australia on the topic of interrogatories in his address of 7 March 2009 – consideration of the principles governing the role of interrogatories and grounds of objection to interrogatories – consideration of 41 interrogatories together with sub‑questions constituting 98 interrogatories in all

Legislation: Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), ss 45(2)(a)(ii); 45(2)(b)(ii) Federal Court Rules, Order 16, r 1, r 3 and r 6(2), r 6(3) and r 6(4)

Cases cited: Abduramanoski & Ors v Aidan Nominees Pty Ltd [1987] FCA 389 Lamb v Hog's Breath Company Pty Ltd (No. 3) [2007] FCA 972 Green v Green (1912) 13 SR (NSW) 126 WA Pines Pty Ltd v Bannerman (1980) 30 ALR 559 Adams v Dickeson [1974] VR 77 Bullivant's Natural Health Products v CF Planners [1999] QSC 35 CEO of Customs v Amron [2001] VSC 373 State of South Australia v White [2008] SASC 32 Ring‑Grip (Australasia) Pty Ltd v H.P.M. Industries Pty Ltd [1971] NSWLR 798 Seidler v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1983] 2 NSWLR 390 American Flange & Manufacturing Co. Inc. v Rheem (Australia) Pty Ltd (No. 2) [1965] NSWR 193 Marriott v Chamberlain (1886) 17 QBD 154 Potter's Sulphide Ore Treatment Ltd v Sulphide Corporation Ltd (1911) 13 CLR 101 Kupresak v Clifton Bricks (Canberra) Pty Ltd 57 ACTR 32 Aspar Autobarn Cooperative Society and Others v Dovala Pty Ltd & Others (1987) 16 FCR 284 Nella v Kingia [1987] FCA 299 Lowe v Marriott [1998] TASSC 111